Deng Xiaoping of China: A Man to Put China Back Together

Dang Xiaoping is a man in history that
is known for saving china.He is a man
that is credited with the china that we have today.Not everything was so easy for Deng Xiaoping
to put china to where it is today.China
had previously experienced problems in the political party with the struggle to
obtain power from different parties.Parties like the Nationalist party lead by Chiang Kai-shek, and the
communist party lead by Mao.The
struggle for china to have a government power was a long bloody struggle that
eventually turned out with Moa running the country.Mao did a fine job running china.At this time Deng Xiaoping was at his side
helping him run china.Eventually Mao
died and Deng Xiaoping took over to run China.This movement into office was a transition that helped china for the
better.The movement of Deng Xiaoping to
change china put it on the map in terms of economical, political, and social
reasons.

Next, we wonder were such a man came
from in order to take on such a huge responsibility.Thoughts go through our heads and we ask
ourselves, what it takes to be able to fix china's problems from where he
picked it up form Mao.Deng Xiaoping was
born on August 22, 1904.[1]"He left home at the age of 16 to study in
France were he became a revolutionary".[2]This is extremely to his thoughts as a
political leader.These times are crucial
to Deng Xiaoping's development as a leader and a person.These revolts have played a significant role
in his life and fighting for what her believes in and wants.When he was 25 he was the leader of an
uprising.This uprising went on for 12
years.This uprising was lead during the
time of the war with Japan.Xiaoping was
the political commissioner of the Red Army with the war with Japan.[3]This will prove to be important to his later
involvement with having to deal with uprisings himself when he is in power
which is in a way ironic.However,
Xiaoping did more than just lead revolts and uprisings.Deng Xiaoping was the planner of many
military expeditions, he built communes in Chain, and he also helped his party
in power struggling events.[4]This in turn helped to strengthen china
before he was in power.This is critical
because what can be seen is that Deng Xiaoping clearly cares about his country,
China, and wants to do good by it.His
experiences have strengthened socialist Chinese society.His positions have been in the Government,
the army and some parts of the communist party.[5]These experiences and jobs that he held gave
him the experience and the discipline to eventually lead China and get it out
of the danger that it was in.The
Country was in such a bad state after Mao's death that China needed someone
strong in order to turn it around and put it on the world map.Deng Xiaoping was the man for the job and
with his experiences he was ready to accept the responsibilities of the job and
make China a powerful country.Though
many say he was a man that made many mistakes and did a bad job, they fail to
see that there was no one other than him that could have done the job to any
degree that Deng Xiaoping did.

Many think about the great job that
Deng Xiaoping did when he came to power after Mao.There is evidence can be seen compared to
some of Mao's policies that went horribly wrong.Some of Mao's work was trying to make China a
great nation fast and in the end it crippled China for a period of time.One of the first things that Mao tried to do
was the Great Leap forward of 1958-1960.The main point of this was to try to catch China up to the
industrialized west.Mao thought this
was possible and wanted this to happen as fast as possible.There were many points and objectives to this
movement but overall backyard iron foundries produced millions of iron pots and
tools, but most of them were unusable.[6]The key to all of this was that Mao wanted
even the farmers to put a hold on food production and focus on making Iron
goods.This was greatly overlooked
because the food was not processed and harvested from the fields and this made
no food for the country.This shortage
made many people starve and die.This
mistake by Mao eventually claimed the lives of twenty million lives between
1959 and 1962.[7]This was not the only crucial mistake made by
Mao.The Proletarian Cultural Revolution
was a movement that turned the whole country inside out.Mao put together a red book that had
quotations of what he had said and what he wanted for the country.Mao wanted to try to change the country still
so he thought having the old traditions moved out and new ones brought in would
solve the problem.Everyone would carry
the red books and try to become Mao's loyal followers.The youth got very involved and were known as
"red guards".[8]The mobilization of the youth came from a
wide variety of backgrounds.Their class
backgrounds that soon merged were an interesting social scene rarely seen.These backgrounds such as demobilized
soldiers, contract, rotation, and piece workers, and other underprivileged,
were selecting criticism targets and promoting escalation of criticism.[9]These red guards put the country into a
pandemic trying to cleanse society of non loyal followers of Mao.This was a setback for China because it put
the country on hold and the red guards took things into their own hands.When Mao died in1976 the red guards were
eventually stopped and everything was sad for the loss of Emperor Mao.This was the time for Deng Xiaoping to move
in and make changes to China.Xiaoping
need to fix China from a lot of damage over the years.He knew how to do it and took it one step at
a time.

Deng Xiaoping took power from Mao after
he died in 1976.This was the time to
change the country and make a difference.Xiaoping would start with the individuals and try to get them to all
work and open businesses to earn a living for them.He said "to get rich is glorious".This was said to inspire many of the people
of the country.He also set up a Central
committee to set goals for basic four modernization goals for the country of
China.[10]These goals were 1) we must keep to the
socialist road.2) We must uphold the
dictatorship of the proletariat.3)We must uphold the leadership of the
communist party.4)We must uphold Marxism-Leninism and Mao
Zedong thought.[11]These were all very important to the
reforming of the country.Many people
loved the fact that there were modernizations that were going to change
society.Although some wanted a fifth
modernization, the fifth modernization that some were fighting for was
democracy.Deng thought this was a step
too far and he wanted to silence these people that wanted this change.SO the people that he found that wanted this
change he either jailed them or he put some of them to death.He did this because he wanted to show the
people of China that he was in charge but also he wanted to keep power and
order in his communist China.All were crucial
but even more importantly to the development was the fourth guideline.This guideline shaped China and eventually
put it ahead.This was applied and
developed in China and Mao Zedong agreed with it while he was still alive.[12]This theory of Marxist-Leninism is part of
the very economic, political, and social way that Deng tried to revive
Chain.Deng Xiaoping tried to take the
mistakes that Mao made and still uphold Mao for being a great leader and doing
his best.He needed the support of Mao's
followers on his side and that was the way to do it.Deng Xiaoping was a man of action.He would not sit and wait for something to
happen he would attack the problem before it could take shape."The treatment of the people was strong not
brutal".[13]Deng was starting to become a good leader and
many people followed him without a problem.After the death of Mao in 1976 one on Deng Xiaoping's great tests came
about.There were people remembering the
death of Mao in Tiananmen Square.Soon
there were men against Mao's past ideas and Mao had enemies in death known as
the "gang of four".Things got out of
hand and the march on Tiananmen Square happened and was blamed on Deng
Xiaoping.[14]Eventually the Gang of Four was tried and
things eventually got back onto track.The point being that thousands were supporting Mao and Deng went about
controlling the large assembly of people with force.[15]This force proved deadly to some and outraged
the people of China.

When analyzing Deng Xiaoping there is a
need to look at what he thought and how he went about solving things.He solved things socially, economically, and
politically.The modernization of the
Socialism opened the country to the outside world and invigorated the domestic
economy.Also socialism was designed to
develop the socialist economy.[16]"This aloud the development of individual
economy, of joint ventures with both Chinese and foreign investment and of
enterprises wholly owned by foreign businessmen, but socialist public ownership
will always remain predominant."[17]This was just the start of what Deng Xiaoping
was trying to accomplish.This set up
the economy and saved it from what it had previously had been.The idea of "public ownership" and "common
prosperity" were the basic that Deng tried to get China to follow.[18]Another key point that Deng tried to
establish were economic zones and open policy.The government of China permitted "own spending decisions up to a limit
of U.S. five million dollars.The slogan
is "time is money, efficiency is life".[19]This helped to boost China and it proved to
work over time.Today China is on the
world view and is jobs are being outsourced to China because their economy can
process the jobs for cheaper and can do them in mass quantities.This can all be credited to by Deng because
he took that step to make it happen and clearly it is still working and being
done today.The political future also
was another pillar that rested on Deng's shoulders.The fact that Deng made the decision at
Tiananmen Square has lead to major disputes during the 80's.He eventually went through three
disempowerments and came back to power all three times.He is the only one in history to do that
successfully in simultaneous promotions.Many people started to support anti Deng campaigns.Shortly before the February plenary, Deng handed
in his resignation as Chief of staff of the PLA.[20]Eventually Deng Xiaoping died on 19
February 1997, at age 92 from a lung infection and Parkinson's disease, but his
influence continued.[21]He changed the role of China in the world and
he saved it from disaster.

Deng
Xiaoping Clearly was a man who changed the life of the Chinese people for times
to come.Even though he did make
mistakes and was one that got kicked out of office three times, he was still
there to put China back together and get the job done.Without Deng Xiaoping, China would not be
where it is today. Deng Xiaoping once said "It doesn't matter if a cat is black
or white, so long as it catches mice".[22]This is such a true quote from Deng and no
matter what he did he always got the job done.It might not have been always the right choice but in the end things
turned out ok.Deng
Xiaoping taking over forever changed china. Deng Xiaoping clearly improved china economical
but also, politically, and socially.If
it were not for Deng China would not be where it is today and it is owed all to
Deng Xiaoping.